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i. Reserve Bank of India has lowered the repo rate by 50 basis points from 7.25 per cent to 6.75 per cent.

ii. RBI announced it in the fourth bi-monthly monetary policy of RBI.

iii. Repo rate is the rate at which RBI lends to commercial bank. The reverse repo rate is the rate at which RBI borrows from commercial banks, it is also changed to 5.75 percent from 6.25 and the marginal standing facility rate and the Bank Rate is also changed to 7.75 per cent.

iv. The cash reserve ratio was kept unchanged at 4 percent of net demand and time liabilities .

Governor of Reserve Bank of India: Raghuram Rajan

3.’M.R. POOVAMMA AND BABITA KUMARI’ CONFERRED WITH ARJUNA AWARD

i. M.R. Poovamma and Babita Kumari have been honoured with prestigious Arjuna Award 2015 for their individual achievements in sports.

ii.The award was presented by Union Minister of State for Youth affairs and Sports, Sarbananda Sonowal in New Delhi.

iii. Poovamma is honoured with this award for her contributions in Athletics

iv. Babita Kumari is honoured with this award for her contribution in the field of Wrestling.

v. Arjuna Award was instituted in 1961. It is given by Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to sportsperson in recognition of their outstanding achievement in National sports.

4.UNION GOVERNMENT UNVEILS ‘GREEN HIGHWAYS POLICY 2015’

i. Union Government has launched Green Highways Policy-2015 to promote greening of National Highway corridors across the country.

ii. The policy was unveiled by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi.

iii. Green Highways Policy 2015 is unveiled to Promote greening and developing eco-friendly National Highway corridors across the country with participation of farmers, private sector and government institutions including Forest Department.

iv. The main aim of the policy is to reduce the impact of air pollution and dust by planting trees along the National Highways.

5. MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT DECLARED 2017 AS ‘VISIT MAHARASHTRA YEAR’

i. The Maharashtra government declared the year 2017 as the Visit Maharashtra Year to promote tourism in the state and to attract more tourists.

ii. The government also launched international tourism promotion project Maharashtra International Travel Mart 2015. It is a global tourism promotion platform started by the state's Tourism department to attract buyers and sellers of tourism industry from across the globe to explore common growth opportunities in tourism in the state.

i. United Nations General Assembly adopted the new global agenda to end poverty by 2030, for sustainable future.

ii. The new sustainable development agenda with 17 goals was adopted at UN Summit on sustainable development in New York, USA.

iii. Some important agenda’s: sustainable development, economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection, ending poverty in all its forms, achieve food security; ensure healthy lives, quality education, gender equality, water and sanitation and access to energy.

UN SECRETARY GENERAL: BAN KI-MOON

NEW PRESIDENT OF UNGA: MOGENS LYKKETOFT

3. ‘MARS ORBITER MISSION’ COMPLETES 1 YEAR OF MISSION LIFE AROUND MARS

i. India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft also known as Mangalyaan has completed one year of the mission life around Mars

ii. It has acquired a large set of data of the red planet using all five payloads mounted on it by completing more than 120 orbits.

iii. To mark first anniversary of MOM, a Mar Atlas mobile application was launched.

iv. The Mar Atlas contains photos taken at by the Mars Colour Camera fitted on board of the spacecraft.

v. Mangalyaan is indigenously designed, built and launched by ISRO in record period of less than two years in 450 crore rupees.

4. EU IMPOSES ‘ANTI-DUMPING DUTY’ ON INDIAN STEEL PIPES

i. European Union has imposed anti-dumping duty of up to 31.2 per cent on imports of sewage and water steel pipes from India for six months to protect its domestic industry.

ii. It will have negative impact on Indian exporters of these pipes.

iii. Anti-dumping duty is imposed as a counter-measure to protect domestic industry under the multilateral World Trade Organisation (WTO).

5. UNION GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ‘PACKAGE OF RS 1000 CRORE’ TO ANDHRA PRADESH

i. Union Government has announced Special Assistance of 1000 crore rupees to the Andhra Pradesh for the development projects during the current financial year .

ii. These funds will be utilised for the development of backward districts and other essential infrastructure of Andhra Pradesh.

CM OF ANDHRA PRADESH: N. CHANDRABABU NAIDU

6. ‘ARVIND PANAGARIYA’ APPOINTED AS SHERPA FOR G-20

i. The Union Government has decided to appoint Arvind Panagariya as the Sherpa for the 2015 G-20 Summit.

ii. G-20 Summit will take place in Antalya, Turkey in November 2015.

iii. Sherpa means a senior official responsible for preparing the agenda for leaders to consider during the summit.

iv. G-20 was founded in 1999. It is an international forum for the government and central bank governors from 20 major economies. The forum focuses on promoting high-level discussion of policy issues related to the promotion of international financial permanence.

ii.Skoch Smart Governance Award is an initiative recognising top performing government organisations working with the government, operating at local, state and national level.

iii.The award is given in the area of Health, Education, Rural Development, Urban Development, Finance, and Security.

iv.Employees' Provident Fund Organisation, is a statutory body of the Government of India .It administers Provident Fund Scheme, Pension Scheme and an Insurance Scheme.

4. ‘STUTI NARAIN’ APPOINTED AS CHAIRPERSON OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS

i. Stuti Narain Kacker appointed as the chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.

ii.Stuti Narain kackerwas appointed by the Union Women and Child Development Ministry.

iii. The main aim of the commission is to promote education, child development, elimination of child labour, child psychology, care of neglected, children under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005.

5. ‘RAHUL RAWAIL’ RESIGNED FROM OSCAR SELECTION JURY

i.Filmmaker Rahul Rawail ‘ resigned from the Oscar Selection Jury

ii.Rahul Rawail gave his resignationdue to his differences with chairperson of the Jury Amol Palekar.

iii. The Oscars is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry.

i) National
Institution for Transforming India Aayog constituted an Expert Group on Land
Leasing.

ii) The expert group will have 10-member
committee which will be headed by T Haque.

iii) The
committee will review the existing agricultural laws of states and will suggest
appropriate amendments, keeping in view the need to legalise and liberalise
land leasing for agricultural
efficiency, equity, occupational diversification, and rapid rural
transformation.

CHAIRMAN
OF NITI AYOG: PM NARENDRA MODI

VICE
CHAIRMAN OF NITI AYOG: ARVIND PANAGRIYA

CEO
OF NITI AYOG: SINDHUSHREE KHULLAR

2. ‘IST
INDIA-US STRATEGIC AND COMMERCIAL DIALOGUE’ HELD IN WASHINGTON

i) 1st
India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue was held in Washington, USA

ii) It was
chaired by the External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj from india and US
Secretary of State John Kerry chaired it from us.

iii) The
purpose of the dialogue was to ramp up bilateral economic exchange to 500
billion US dollars and enhance regional security.

3. ‘HINDI
WRITER DR KAMAL KISHORE’ CONFERRED WITH VYAAS SAMMAN

i) Hindi
writer Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka has been conferred with Vyaas Samman for year
2014.

ii) The
award is given for his work ‘Premchand ki Kahaniyon ka Kaal Kramanusaar
Adhyayan’.

Vyas Samman Award: It was
started by the K.K. Birla Foundation in 1991. It is awarded annually for extra
ordinary contribution made by writers towards the Hindi language

4. ‘MUKESH
AMBANI’ INDIA’S RICHEST PERSON FOR 9TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

i) Mukesh
Ambani has been named as India’s richest person for ninth consecutive year by
forbes with worth of 18.9 billion dollars.

ii) Reliance
india limited is India’s second most valuable company by market value after
Tata Consultancy Services.

ii) Indra Nooyi and
Shobhana Bhartia were honoured with this
award for their roles as top women leaders in the Business world and their
commitment for a more inclusive global economy.

2.’ NATIONAL HEALTH PROFILE 2015’ RELEASED BY UNION GOVERNMENT

i) Union Minister for
Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda released the National Health Profile 2015.

ii) It was prepared by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence.

It provides report about significant progress that has been made
by the country for various health outcomes, which is an encouraging signal.

iii) The E-book of National health profile was also released for
the first time.

The
National Health Profile provides information about demographic, socio-economic,
health status and health finance indicators, along with complete information on
health infrastructure and human resources in health.

3. ‘WORLD RHINO DAY’ OBSERVED ON 22 SEPTEMBER

i) The World Rhino Day was observed on 22 September.

ii) In India, world Rhino day was observed with all-day awareness
programmes at Kaziranga National Park (Assam), Manas National Park (Assam) and
Laokhowa Burachapori (Assam).